Differences between bug and blob STI
Looking around at cars and have seen quite a few late bug / early blobs in my price range. Are there any physical differences between the cars other than cosmetics.
I didn't like bugs when they first came out but I think they actually look ok now and have aged very well. |
Is this a troll post?
Only reason I ask is that you've been a member on here since 2004. |
To add, I know this has been asked before but I can't seem to get a definite answer.
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I like mine with the morrette front lights... they are a bit rarer now as well.
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pretty much the same apart from the obvious cosmetics, i think there is a slight difference in steering geometry but not a lot.
its the late widetrack blobs that have a lot of differences |
Originally Posted by thenewgalaxy
(Post 11294262)
Is this a troll post?
Only reason I ask is that you've been a member on here since 2004. |
The bug sti had pukka forged pistons, unlike the later Blobs which had hypereutectic cast pistons.
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Originally Posted by tubbytommy
(Post 11294266)
pretty much the same apart from the obvious cosmetics, i think there is a slight difference in steering geometry but not a lot.
its the late widetrack blobs that have a lot of differences |
Originally Posted by pflowers
(Post 11294271)
Thanks, really I would like a widetrack but I don't want to spend more than £6k and for that it's a choice between a mint bug/early blob or a rough widetrack.
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As far as I'm aware the bug vs non widetrack is different in terms of the gearbox syncromesh and front suspension geometry.
Some non widetracks have dccd a such as the WR1. The big difference came with the widetracks in 2005 with spec c suspension and the dccd as standard. I am sure there are minor differences but those are the main ones I can recall. |
Cheers everyone, I think it's going to be a bugeye then, just to have something a little more rare as I see very few around.
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I had a bug and preferred it to my Hawk.
However it is worth stretching to the '05 widetrack STi if you can afford to though, I think that is the best of the newage cars. The bit about forged pistons in these cars is a valid one but I would be careful bumping a ten year old car up from 265bhp to 450bhp overnight, if you get my drift. |
I had a 55 plate widetrack blob and now the bug STI and a bit like you I really like the bug. As you say they've aged very well and so far mine seems to be pretty bullet proof (he says crossing everything). Andy
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